Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steering traffic between cellular networks and WLAN networks
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Application No.: US14911302Application Date: 2013-08-20
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Publication No.: US09955381B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen , Ilkka Antero Keskitalo , Sami Kekki , Jari Mutikainen
- Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferros Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2013/055851 WO 20130820
- International Announcement: WO2015/026334 WO 20150226
- Main IPC: H04W28/08
- IPC: H04W28/08 ; H04W48/12 ; H04W88/06

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for steering traffic. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a user equipment, a message provided by a base station serving a radio access network, wherein the message includes an indication representative of a preference by the radio access network for traffic associated with at least one of an application, a destination domain, a service, and a traffic type; and determining whether to steer, based on the preference, the traffic to at least one of the radio access network or a wireless local area network served by a wireless local area network access point. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160205592A1 STEERING TRAFFIC BETWEEN CELLULAR NETWORKS AND WLAN NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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